Dispensing machine



Sept. 26, 1933- w. BLAYDES El AL- DISPENSING MACHINE Filed Feb. 23, 1933 2 Shams-Sheet 1 L A S E D Y A L B w DISPENSING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 23, 1933 Patented Sept. 2c, 1933 DISPENSING MACHINE Wendell Blaydes as c I Application February 2 3,

arl Britten, Roachdale,

1333. Serial No. 658,194

2 time (01. 194-45) This invention relates to vending machines, and particularly to the so-calledcoin controlled mechanisms adapted to be actuated for dis pensing commodities such as'cigarettes. 7

It is an object ofthisflinvention .to provide mechanisrn'in which a coin acts as a key or connection between an actuated instrumentality anda commodity delivery instrumentality so that when force is applied to the coin it operates the delivery instrumentalitm the coin thereafter escaping and means being provided for the restoration to their normal positions of all. of the aforesaid operating instrumentalitiea a It is a further object of this invention to providenovel means for effecting the delivery of. a cigarette or the like to a customer upon the insertion of a coin and the manual operation of a member for exerting force on the coin in causing it to operate the delivery means so that upon each successive operation a cigarette will be delivered,

It is furthermore an obj ect pf this invention to provide novel means for limiting the motion of Y the delivery element when it has reached its normal position for the reception of a. cigarette;

and furthermoreit is an'object of the invention to provide mechanism which is efficient and satisfactory. in use andcomparatively inexpensive to produce andmaintain. o N

With the foregoing and" other objects in View, the invention consists the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination cit-parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. a I s a In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings form-r ing part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in' the several views, and in which- H 1 Figurel illustrates a view in perspectiveof a vending machine showing the casing andparts exterior thereto; I

. Figure 2illustrates an enlarg'edview showing the interior of the casing when the front door. is removed; v

Figure 3 illustrates aperspective'view or one Oftheoperating elements} Figure 4 illustrates a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig.2; 1 1

Figure 5 illustrates an enlarged detail View with the cigarette magazine removed;

Figure 6] illustrates a perspective view of plunger and its operating means;

Figure 7 illustrates a perspective view of a coin actuated lever; and

Figure 8 illustrates a detail view of the maga zine and its relation to the delivery, roller.

In these drawings 10 denotes a casing which may he provided with a front door 11, swung on hinges 12, and it is obvious that the door may be closed and provided with'locking means of any appropriate type. A coin slot 13 is providedin the door and it registers with a slot 14 in a coin chute 15, which coin chute is shown in side elevation in Figs. 4 and B and in front ele- 6 vation in Fig. 2. Preferably a guide 16 is secured onthe side wall internally of the. casing and a plunger 17 is slidable in the said guide. The guide has a slot 18 and the casing has a registering slot 19 in which an arm 20 "Or a finger-piece or lug 21 is secured, the said finger-piece being located externally of the casing. 'A spring 22 has one end anchored to the casing and the other end to the arm 20, and the spring operates to pull the arm and plunger normally 1111- ward until the arm encounters the upper end of the slot 19; a i

The plunger 17- is provided'with an angularly disposed flange or lip 23 which extends out from the side of the casing, to. which the guide 16is attached, and the relation of parts is such that the flange 23 occupies a position above the discharge end of the chute and is elevated per- .ceptibly with'relatio'n to the lowerend of the guide lfi. That portion of the guide below the discharge endof the coin' chute is located in. spaced relation to a channeledlever 24, which lever is'cscillat'able on a stud or pivot 25 pref erably anchored in theside of the casing, and the relation of parts is such that when the coin leaves I the coinchute, it is wedged between the guidelfi and the said lever 24.

A delivery member or roller 26 has trunnions, 27 which are rotatable in Wshapedbearings 28 on the sides of the" casing, and the roller is pro- I vided with a longitudinally disposed seat or're cess 29 to whichcigarettes are delivered when in oneposition and from which they are discharged when the roller is in another position. v The roller is provided with pins 30 and 31 which projectat'one end thereof. The pin 31 is in engagement with the lever 24 andthe motion of the lever, as will presently appear, is imparted to theroller to partially rotateit. The pin 30 has a spring 32 connected to it andpthe os springis anchored to a stud 33 on the side of the casing. "The pin 30 furthermore coacts with an arresting bracket or stop 34 on the side of the casing and this serves to limit the rotary motion of the roller when it is being moved under the rear i iide downward movement of the plunger.

influence of the spring 32. It will thus be seen that when the lever 24 is actuated, it operates against the tension of the spring 32 and that when the lever is released, the spring restores the parts to normal position.

It is seen from an inspection of the drawings that a coin 35 lodges between the guide 16 and the lever, for owing to the diagonal position of the lever with respect to the guide, the space between the two is restricted toward the lower end of the lever. In order to actuate the lever and thus communicate partial rotary motion to the roller, the plunger is operated so that the lower end thereof contacts a coin and as force is applied to' it, the free end of the leveris moved away from the guide until a clearance is formed which will permit the discharge of the coin fromen gagement with the guide and lever. During this operation the roller has been rotated to a degree which will cause it to assume the position in which it is shown" in Fig. 8, whereat the cigarette carried in the recess is discharged, and as the lever is freed from the pressure of the coin, the spring 32 exerting a pull on the stud 30 will restore the parts to the position in which they are shown in Fig. 4. V V

A magazine 36 has a bracket 3'7 by which it is supported in the casing and this magazine is intended to hold cigarettes or commodities to be dispensed. Its discharge end is normally in the roller guards the end of the magazine in order that a cigarette can not be discharged therefrom until the roller is returned into position with its groove in alinement with the magazine. It thus follows that with the operation of the mechanism under the influence of a coin, the

dispensing of the contents of the magazine is accomplished. It will be noted that unless the coin or obstruction is interposed between the guide and the lever, the plunger may be freely reciprocated without disturbing any of the operative parts of the mechanism which is intended to deliver or dispense, the commodities.

A stud 39 is located at the lower end of the guide 16 and this will prove effective to limit the A delivery spout or trough 39 is pivoted on studs, such as 40, one of which is on either side of the casing and this trough projects through an opening at the lower end of the door so that cigarettes issuing from the roller will gravitate to the trough where they will be accessible to the purchaser.

It is apparent from an inspection of the draw- I ings that coins liberated at the bottom of the guide may fall to the bottom of the casing from whence they can be removed. It is shown in the drawings that the relation of parts is such that the trough can not be forced inwardly, but its outer end may be lifted when the door is open, thus giving access to that portion of the casing into which the coin has fallen.

Detectors to prevent the operation of the mechanism through the use of slugs or metal pieces other than coins are well known but for the purpose of providing a detector of this character, a magnet 41 is installed at the side of the chute 15 which chute has an opening 42 where ordinary coins pass the magnet, but if a slug .to other parts, a rsum of the operation of the device is believed unnecessary for an understanding of the invention by one skilled in the art.

The invention has been described with special reference to its use in dispensing cigarettes, but obviously cigars, sticks of candy and other cominodities may be contained in the magazine and delivered by the operating mechanism of this invention.

We claim:

1. In a dispensing machine, a casing, elements therein consisting of 'a coin chute, a guide in position to receive a coin from the chute, an oscillatable lever normally diagonally positioned with relation to the guide engagable by a coin discharged from the coin chute, a plunger slidable in the guide and having a portion adapted to engage the coin when lodged between the guide and the lever, means for manually operating the plunger, a rotatable element having a seat for receiving an article to be dispensed, a magazine located above the rotatable element and discharging into the seat thereof, a pin projecting from the end of the rotatable element engaged by the lever through which movement of the lever is communicated to the rotatable element, a second pin projecting from the end of the rotatable element, a spring anchored to the casing and to the second mentioned pin and operative to retract the rotatable element when the lever is released, and a trough pivotally mounted below the rotatable element and projecting beyond the casing.

2. In a dispensing machine, a casing, elements therein consisting of a coin chute, a guide in position to receive a coin from the chute, an oscillatable lever normally diagonally positioned with relation to the guide engagable by a coin discharged from the coin chute, a plunger slidable in the guide and having a portion adapted to engage the coin when lodged between the guide and the lever, means for manually operating the plunger, a rotatable element having a seat for receiving an article to be dispensed, a magazine located above the rotatable element and discharging into the seat thereof, a pin projecting from the end of the rotatable element engaged by the lever through which movement of the lever is communicated to the rotatable element, a second pin projecting from the end of the rotatable element, a spring anchored to the casing to uncover that portion of the casing rearwardlyof the trough.

' WENDELL BLAYDES.

CARL BRITTON. 

